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won't be enough to make up the deficit so conservation is a serious conversation. more now from santa clara. >> reporter: hi there, jess camp folks have been wondering what can we do with all of this now that we've finally gotten it? heard our friends and neighbors say it's raining but still won't be enough. a lot of folks are turning to a method that goes back to the cave man days of collecting the water for use at a later time. as the rain falls in the saratoga, brad daniels collects it in storage barrels, a way of life and his business. he founded rain savers about five years ago but when the serious drought talks started about five month ago the phones started ringing off the hook. >> i am getting calls saying, hi, can you get here before the rain starts? so i'm trying. >> daniel can install a simple barrel in about an hour at a cost of about $200. light blocking barrels where algae cannot grow and with screens to filter out debris and to keep mosquitoes from breeding, but he can also put in larger storage tanks, underground cisterns with pumps and commercial u
won't be enough to make up the deficit so conservation is a serious conversation. more now from santa clara. >> reporter: hi there, jess camp folks have been wondering what can we do with all of this now that we've finally gotten it? heard our friends and neighbors say it's raining but still won't be enough. a lot of folks are turning to a method that goes back to the cave man days of collecting the water for use at a later time. as the rain falls in the saratoga, brad daniels collects it...
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the deficit we're running we still have to conserve 20%. i can tell you right now it's looking promising. the entire month of march looks good. they are so urging that 20% reduction. you're helping the farmers throughout the date when you conceive. we need the snowpack. the snow is coming down. we want to bring in colleen moore live from squaw valley. i bet you're excited about this snowfall. what do you have going on for people today into the weekend? >> yeah, we're really excited. we picked up ten inches in 24 hours here at squaw. we have 10 at alpine so it's going to be a fun day. it's still snowing and we expect snow to continue the next few days. >> the snow that's coming down it looks fluffy. it's not the wet snow. what would you say as far as the quality of the snow you guys have. how is the grooming going? the riding more specifically? >> it's been great, you know. and this new snowfall is going to help us, upper mountains should be riding great. we recommend get ready and come up. it's going to be a great day today. >> thank you so
the deficit we're running we still have to conserve 20%. i can tell you right now it's looking promising. the entire month of march looks good. they are so urging that 20% reduction. you're helping the farmers throughout the date when you conceive. we need the snowpack. the snow is coming down. we want to bring in colleen moore live from squaw valley. i bet you're excited about this snowfall. what do you have going on for people today into the weekend? >> yeah, we're really excited. we...
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. >> more and more traffic -- >> reporter: this morning with the looming deficit of $142 million, golden gate bridge directors weighed the first toll hike since 2008. on the table, a plan to raise tolls a buck. fast track would rise to $6, non-fast track to $7 and would raise to a peak of $7 for fast track, $8 for non-fast track in 2018. >> we reached the point the driver as the cash cow has reached the level of it has no more left. >> reporter: this morning a steady stream of drivers spoke out against the increase, some breaking into song. ♪ i got ripped off on my way to san francisco ♪ >> reporter: officials say the increase is needed to pay for projects and maintenance as well as subsidize the district's bus and ferry service. >> the tolls are the workhorse of the organization. they do keep 25% of traffic off the golden gate bridge during the morning commute. >> go back east and the washington bridge, $13 each way. people seem to be able to handle that. >> reporter: some like susan think the toll hike will keep plenty of drivers off the bridge. >> the impact is so people will go i
. >> more and more traffic -- >> reporter: this morning with the looming deficit of $142 million, golden gate bridge directors weighed the first toll hike since 2008. on the table, a plan to raise tolls a buck. fast track would rise to $6, non-fast track to $7 and would raise to a peak of $7 for fast track, $8 for non-fast track in 2018. >> we reached the point the driver as the cash cow has reached the level of it has no more left. >> reporter: this morning a steady...
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with a looming deficit of $142 million, golden gate bridge direct e directors consider the first toll hike since 2008. on the table a plan to raise tolls a buck and fastrak would rise to $6 and nonfastrak to $7. >>> we reached the point that the driver as a cash cow has reached the level of it has no more moo left. >> reporter: this morning a steady stream of drivers spoke out against the increase some even breaking into song. ♪ i got ripped off on my way to san francisco ♪ >> reporter: bridge officials say the increase is needed to pay for bridge projects and maintenance as well as subsidize the district's bus and ferry service. >> the tolls are the workhorse of the organization. they do keep 25% of traffic off the golden gate bridge during the morning commute. >> you go back east and the washington bridge $13 each way. people seem to be able to handle that. >> reporter: commuters like susan deluxe of tiburon think the toll hike will keep plenty of drivers off the bridge. >> the impact is that people will go into the city less. they won't rec reiate in marin county as often. it i
with a looming deficit of $142 million, golden gate bridge direct e directors consider the first toll hike since 2008. on the table a plan to raise tolls a buck and fastrak would rise to $6 and nonfastrak to $7. >>> we reached the point that the driver as a cash cow has reached the level of it has no more moo left. >> reporter: this morning a steady stream of drivers spoke out against the increase some even breaking into song. ♪ i got ripped off on my way to san francisco ♪...
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we're going to keep this rainy pattern going, making up for the def sth deficit. you can see we're starting to clear out and that will be the story. gradual clearing, the temperatures close to 70. we'll get in the 70s tomorrow. just in time for friday. again you can see that live radar does show over the past few hours rain moving through. even snowfall. about a couple inches above 7,000 feet. you can see right now clouds, that's our cold front moving through the band of cloud cover. once this moves through you'll be done with low clouds and sunshine is expected to return. today temperatures not overly warm, close to 60 degrees in san francisco, over toward the east bay. back in the mid-60s and in the south bay a mix of sun and clouds. 66 degrees will do it for your average. plenty of sunshine as we get into the weekend. tomorrow we begin our warming trend close to 70. by saturday and sunday lots of 70s. we'll see low to mid 70s both days. the chance of rain does return and that looks like it's going to arrive into monday morning. in time to start the next work we
we're going to keep this rainy pattern going, making up for the def sth deficit. you can see we're starting to clear out and that will be the story. gradual clearing, the temperatures close to 70. we'll get in the 70s tomorrow. just in time for friday. again you can see that live radar does show over the past few hours rain moving through. even snowfall. about a couple inches above 7,000 feet. you can see right now clouds, that's our cold front moving through the band of cloud cover. once this...